Russell Baker v. Alaska State Commission for Human Rights and Federal Express Corporation

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s rulings, holding that the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights did not abuse its statutory discretion in dismissing the plaintiff’s marital‑status discrimination complaint and correctly found no substantial evidence of retaliation. The Court applied de novo review of the agency’s legal determinations and upheld the Commission’s exercise of prosecutorial discretion as constitutionally permissible.